Wilson's Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland: Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative, Volumes 3-4W. Scott, 1888 |
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Page 52
... raised is your father ! " It was the voice of Barbara Moor . The young man's arms fell by his side as if a palsy had smitten them . He remembered the voice of the sibyl . " What say ye ! " cried the agonised old man- " who is my son ...
... raised is your father ! " It was the voice of Barbara Moor . The young man's arms fell by his side as if a palsy had smitten them . He remembered the voice of the sibyl . " What say ye ! " cried the agonised old man- " who is my son ...
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... raised in great alarm by the workers of the crane , it was ascertained that a shoal of finners ( some of them fourteen feet long ) had passed close by the mouth of the bell , with a noise like the rushing of a mighty army . But the ...
... raised in great alarm by the workers of the crane , it was ascertained that a shoal of finners ( some of them fourteen feet long ) had passed close by the mouth of the bell , with a noise like the rushing of a mighty army . But the ...
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... raised to strike the unconscious victim of my madness , when he raised his head , and looked me in the face . I sank into my seat , with а faint scream , and wept like a babe . The impulse had passed away , like a hideous nightmare . I ...
... raised to strike the unconscious victim of my madness , when he raised his head , and looked me in the face . I sank into my seat , with а faint scream , and wept like a babe . The impulse had passed away , like a hideous nightmare . I ...
Contents
WIDOW OF DUNSKAITII Hugh Miller | 1 |
THE WHITSOME TRAGEDY John Mackay Wilson | 20 |
THE SURGEONS TALES Alexander Leighton | 53 |
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